Early Childhood Learning|Jeunes enfants

Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre

Early childhood learning is the cornerstone of learning throughout life.

From conception to age five, children engage in cognitive, language, social, emotional, physical and motor learning and development that significantly affects their future lives.

It is essential to give children the best environment possible, so they can learn … to learn!

 

Featured Publications

The Early Childhood Population DatabasesThe Early Childhood Population Databases

This report provides an inventory of databases on the population of children ages zero to six throughout the world. The document presents databases that are available in French, English and Spanish as well as special projects in many regions and countries.

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Comfort, Play & Teach:
A Positive Approach to Parenting

A collaboration of the Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre and Invest in Kids to create tools aimed at helping parents understand and address aggressive behaviours in young children.

The World's Best Infrastructure for Child Development Statistics in CanadaThe World's Best Infrastructure for
Child Development Statistics in Canada

This report, prepared by the Monitoring Committee of the Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre, offers five approaches that, when combined, may constitute the best system in Canada for monitoring the development of young children.

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(PDF, 612 KB)

Learning Starts Early! Learning Disabilities: Dyscalculia and Dyslexia Learning Starts Early!
Learning disabilities: dyscalculia and dyslexia

This document presents the difficulties related to dyscalculia and dyslexia. It offers some intervention approaches that can be applied in preschool years and underscores the importance of early screening to prevent learning difficulties that can lead to more persistent problems in school-age children.

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New articles

Brain Development Brain Development

Childhood Trauma and Adult Stress Responsiveness
- by Christine Heim (PDF, 511 KB)

Stress and Early Brain Development
- by Megan R. Gunnar, Adriana Herrera and Camelia E. Hostinar (PDF, 521 KB)

 
School Transition School Transition

Commentary on Rimm-Kaufman, Cowan and Cowan, Dockett and Perry, and Kamerman
- by Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch, Carolyn Gosse and Robert Pianta (PDF, 309 KB)

Social and behavioural competence in young children Social and behavioural competence in young children
Briefing Notes for policy makers

This document prepared by the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (CEECD) and the Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre of the Canadian Council on Learning (ECLKC/CCA), with the collaboration of the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Committee on Early Childhood Development (ECD) Knowledge, Information and Effective Practices.

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Learning Starts Early! Attachment Learning Starts Early!
Attachment

This document prepared by the Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre, presents the importance of attachment for infants to grow into emotionally and psychologically healthy children and adults.

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 Early childhood Learning, Knowledge Centre, Upcoming Events, What's New, learn, children, reports, The Bulletin, E-mail Newsletter, Tools for parents, publications, Colloquia, presentations. Apprentissage chez les jeunes enfants, le Centre du savoir, Événements à venir, Quoi de neuf, rapports, le Bulletin, Colloques, Infolettre, outils pour les parents, publications The Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre's mission is to enhance the knowledge of parents, of service providers, of service planners, and of policy-makers in earlychildhood learning. Le Centre du savoir sur l’apprentissage chez les jeunes enfants mission est d’améliorer les connaissances en matière d’apprentissage chez les jeunes enfants auprès des parents,des prestataires de services, des planificateurs de services etdes décideurs politiques.